Planning

Two phases

The duration of the program implementation is 4.5 years, until Dec. 2015. The CBP has divided it's certification implementation activities in two phases. For the first phase, 2.5 million ha of forest is to be included in the certification trajectory and 1 million ha in the improved certification trajectory. The second phase concerns 1.5 and 0.5 million ha, respectively. Pre-requisite for continuation of the program into the second phase (foreseen to commence beginning of 2013, see red line in planning figure below) is that a regional/ national FSC standard is accredited and functional.

Global planning

The figure below gives an overview of the global planning for the Congo Basin Program. Activities are subdivided into 4 components: partner identification, partner selection, program implementation and program evaluation. For every quarter, the specific activities are depicted in green (1st phase) and red (2nd phase).

Want to participate?

The CBP assists and guides concession holders in the process to FSC certification and better market position through co-funding of a number of relevant services. If you are interested in participating, please contact us.

Partners

‘By becoming a partner of the Congo Basin Program, Corà Wood Gabon shows its firm commitment to continuously improving its forest harvesting practices with a clear objective to reach the performance level as required by the principles and criteria of the FSC standard for sustainable forestry before the end of 2015.’

Corà Wood Gabon S.A.Forestry company

‘ROUGIER Group is strongly committed to the process of certification of good forest management. As this process is long and mobilizes many resources both human and financial, a program such as IDH is very useful to support companies like ROUGIER in helping them to achieve this certification. That's why we decided to become the first partner in this program.’